William tozer



NdModL W. T0ZER & F. B. &;H. STANTON;

WHEEL.

Patented Jan. 21,1896.

UNITED STATES PATENT. OFFICE.

WILLIA ToZER,FREDERIo BARRY STANTON, AND HERBERT STANTON.

OF on-Don, ENGLAND.

WHEEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letterslatent No. 553,295, dated January 21, 1896 Application filed June'22,1895. Serial No. 553,734. (No model.) Patented in Belgium Jilly 10, 1891,1l'o. 95,576, and October,

31,1891,No.97,021; in England August 31, 1891, No. 14,722, and in France November 30,189 2,No- 212,787.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, WILLIAM TOZER,

FREDERIC BARRY STANTON, and HERBERT STANTON, of London, England, lTave invented an Improvement in Wheels, (for which we have received a patent in Great Britain,No. 14,722, dated August 31, 1891; .in' Belgium, No. 95,576, dated July 10, 1891, and No. 97,021,

" dated October 31, 1891, and in France, No.

structure of the web and hub or nave, and.-

said parts.

The invention consists also in the method of making the said wheel.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional view.

through the wheel having corrugated disks; Fig. '2 is a side View of a wheel with plain disks, and Fig. 3 is a sectional view of Fig. 2.

Our invention relates particularly to the from Fig. 1 it will be seen thatthe web connecting the hub with the rim-is formed of two disks A secured together at or near their outer edges by rivets or in any other .desired'way and fastened to the rim or tire in anydesired manner, the central portions of the disks be- Fig. 1, or plain,.as-in Figs. 2 and 3.

hands ing held apart by a space-ring or annular block 0. The hub or nave B is forged or cast in the central openings of-the disks and in eontact with the space-ring and the central per-- tions of the disks. V

In carrying out the method of manufacture the disks are placed backto back, securedztogether with the ring-block between their central portions, and the hubis thenforged in 5 place, part of the metal of the hub bearing on the outer sides of the disks and part being in contact with the ring 0 and in. between the disks. The disks may be corrugated, as

. We claimv, 1.- A wheel coniprising a suitable rim or tire the disks, the spacering 0 between them and the nave or hub forged in place centrally of the disks, said hub being integral from end to end substantially as described. W

2. A wheel comprising a suitable rim or and the nave or hub forged in place-centrally of the disks and engaging the outer faces thereof and the space ring, said hub being integral from end to end substantially as described.

In witness whereof we have hereunto set our in presence of two witnesses. WILLIAM TOZER. p

FREDERIO- BARRY STANTON HERBERT STANTON Witnesses:

E, H. WEST,

J. D. O. MASON.

tire the disks, the space ring Cbetween them 

